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Arwen Spicer's avatar

Thanks so much for this important article. I'd add that another immediate task (i.e. whenever non-fascists can get back in political power) is to restructure our laws to protect democratic institutions: ex. overturn Citizens United, introduce proportional representation and/or ranked-choice voting, mandate term limits for Supreme Court Justices, rewrite anti-trust laws to be much more sweeping, etc.

Keith Akers's avatar

Yes, definitely! The immediate problem is that we can't restructure our laws because of, well, Citizens United, gerrymandering, a reactionary Supreme Court, etc. . . . The more long-term problem is that there are too many rich people ( = "elite overproduction" in Turchin's language), so tax the elites so that there are fewer of them.

Drew Hensley's avatar

And strict parameters around what POTUS can do!